Liu Bei claimed that the emperor ascended the throne, and it also spread throughout all states and counties in the world within a month, and the military officials, people and soldiers under Liu Bei were naturally ecstatic, but Cao Cao and Sun Quan were greatly alarmed.

If Liu Bei dared to call the name of the emperor and thief when the Son of Heaven was in the past, Cao Cao and Sun Quan would not be vulnerable. But now that the Son of Heaven was mistakenly killed by Xun Yu's sergeants, Liu Bei seemed to be a head above them, and Cao Cao became a blatant thief, and Sun and Liu were willing to join forces to strangle Cao Cao. In addition, there are still many people who are interested in the Han Dynasty, that is to say, in their eyes, Cao Cao and Sun Quan called the king to act against the imperial court, so that there are many centrifuges among local officials, and the people of Cao and Sun are blindly going because of the preferential policies under Liu Bei's rule, coupled with the encouragement of people with hearts, many people have left their hometowns and moved to Liu Bei's Han Dynasty, and even forced Cao Cao and Sun Quan to send troops to stop them, but they were also unable to return to heaven.

In this way, Cao Cao and Sun Quan lost not only the population, but also the stability of the rear and the necessary economy such as grain and grass. For a time, Cao Cao and Sun Quan's situation deteriorated......

Due to the loss of a large number of people in Wei and Wu, the financial resources of the two countries began to run an unprecedented deficit, the land was less cultivated, and trade was gradually scarce. Along the coast of Wu, you can also fish and trade overseas, that's all. The situation of Wei is not optimistic, Meng Shu in the south of Yizhou raised troops to resist, Cao Cao had to send a large army to suppress, so that the already difficult Wei State, almost fell into the point of difficulty, but fortunately, Cao Cao still has the ability to take care of the house, and sent a large number of gold captains to rob tombs everywhere to meet the expenses, but Rao is so, the matter of plowing the field, but it cannot be bought with money, and it can only be supported......

Finally, Cao Cao couldn't sit still. In the winter of 197 AD, Cao Cao saw that his side was about to be defeated in the near future, and after discussing the alliance with Sun Quan due to unequal conditions, he was furious and decided to send troops to fight Liu Bei to the death, regardless of the persuasion of Xun Yu and Sima Yi and others. Since Yan, Henan, Jing, Yi four prefectures to raise 400,000 troops, first out of Xuzhou, and then attack Jizhou, hundreds of thousands of troops under the pressure, Guan Yu alone is difficult to support, for a time in passivity, by Cao Cao's army Lianke Penghai and Xiapi two counties, the army of soldiers pointed directly at Xuzhou City, Guan Yu and a number of Jingzhou generals struggled against the enemy, barely stabilized. The urgent documents were generally introduced to Linzi.

"Everyone, Aiqing, now Cao Cao sent 300,000 troops, first attacked Xuzhou, and another 100,000 troops directly took Jizhou, the general of the chariot and cavalry is in a hurry, what do you think should be done?" Liu Bei sat on the throne and asked in a harmonious voice.

"Your Majesty, Cao Cao's rudeness is too much, first raided my Guanzhong, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and defeated him in a hard battle, and now he dares to commit it again, unforgivable! In the previous time, Sun Ce of Eastern Wu was assassinated in Jingzhou, and Eastern Wu must have thought that Cao Cao had done it, and he must have sent troops to attack Jingzhou; In addition, General Huang Zhong and Jia Junshi captured Hanzhong, and they could be sent to Yizhou again, taking advantage of the instability of Cao Cao's rear, the minister thought that this was an excellent opportunity to send troops to a decisive battle, and His Majesty could first send a large army to save Xuzhou's urgency, and then transfer troops to rescue the Qinghai and Hebei border defenses. As the head of the Minister of Military Aircraft, Tian Feng was naturally obligated to speak first.

"Well, Yuan Hao, please continue." Liu Bei nodded and said.

"The minister thought that the Xiongnu and Xianbei could be invited to send troops, and there were states to go down, first take Luoyang, and then take Xuchang in Yuzhou; At the same time, General Huang Zhong and others led troops to capture Yizhou, and at that time, Xuzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou immediately launched a comprehensive counterattack and took Cao Cao in one fell swoop......" Tian Feng continued.

I have to say that Tian Feng's plan is indeed steady, and he has achieved strategic outflanking of Cao Cao, as long as the main force in front is not defeated by him, Cao Cao will not be defeated. Liu Bei nodded with a smile and said, "Well, what a strategy!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Tongguan naval army can be made down the river again, disturbing the Cao army, harassing Cao Cao's territory, so that it cannot cross the Yellow River safely, and then send the Xuzhou naval army up the Yangtze River to take Jingzhou directly, and attack on both sides with Eastern Wu, and divide Jingzhou equally afterwards; Also, now Xiliang Ma Chao has been called a minister, and the minister is willing to communicate with him, so that he can lead Xiliang Iron Cavalry south from Sizhou and take Cao Cao's rear, so that with Yuan Hao's words, the siege on all sides, true and false, and the sound of the east and the west, Cao Cao will inevitably be in chaos! Zhao Xu suddenly walked out and said Kan Kan.

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, stroked his beard, and said to himself: "This plan is very good! At the same time, he looked at Zhao Xu, and after thinking about it, he asked: "Boxiong, do you know how many warships there are now in the two naval armies that can carry soldiers to sea at one time?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has to report, now the Yunchang Xuzhou Naval Army, all the large and small ships combined, can carry a total of 40,000 infantry troops and 20,000 horsemen at a time; In addition, the Xuzhou Navy has Gan Ning and the former Jingzhou veterans, which are bound to be elite; As for the Tongguan Water Army! There were more than 10,000 naval troops, and now if you carry infantry, you should be able to carry 30,000 naval and land armies. Zhao Xu thought for a while and replied.

"Your Majesty, now that the war in Xuzhou is urgent, it is difficult to divide the troops, you can send General Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi to lead the two armies of 50,000 horses to Xuzhou, Fa Zheng and Xu Shu are the accompanying military divisions, and the Xuzhou naval army will be in one place, harassing Yuzhou along the Yangtze River and attacking Jingzhou; In addition, the Tongguan Navy is a super round with horses, and the water army is mainly harassing and assisting Ma Chao to attack the city; As for Cao Cao's main force, he could send General Zhao Xu and Zhao Yunqi 200,000 soldiers and horses from Qingqing, Ji and Youzhou to Xuzhou to confront, and send Zhang Liao and Zhang Jaw to fight against 80,000 soldiers and horses in Zhou, and Yuan Hao could be an accompanying army division to Yanzhou to fight against 100,000 Cao troops. ”

Zhao Xu and the others glanced at each other and nodded at the same time. When Liu Bei saw it, he said, "Okay! According to what Kong Ming said, Kong Ming, you are responsible for handling the grain and grass in the rear, and the other generals, according to what Kong Ming said, prepare their own. ”

Zhao Xu and the others were named and listened to by civil and military forces, and at the same time responded: "No! ”

When everything was arranged, soldiers and horses were immediately mobilized, and in the spring of the second year, Zhao Xu and others sent troops according to the original plan; Ma Chao also listened to the order at the same time, and rode 150,000 from Xiliang Iron and 50,000 Qiang soldiers to Tongguan to make peace with Tai Shi Ci.

Zhao Xu was in command, leading an army of 200,000 to relieve the siege from Qingzhou to the south, and he felt that it would be relatively easy, after all, Guan Yu was also a generation of famous generals, and he was not a general, and there were also fierce generals such as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, although the opponent was Cao Cao's main force, but he was not afraid of him.

Turning his head, he looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, send troops to attack Liaodong on the prairie, I'm afraid Yuan Shao will send troops to stop it." However, it is expected that it does not have many large troops, but it is better to be careful, I think that this battle should be elite. ”

After a short day, they arrived in Xuzhou, and according to the plan, Zhang Fei and Chen arrived and left their troops. Zhao Xu turned around and said: "Yide, Shuzhi, you go to participate in the "water army", be careful, remember the strategy, stay at the border of Jingzhou, Yide, you and Shuzhi even if you get off the boat, you should take the cavalry first and storm Jingzhou." When Zhao Xu said this, he was also a little worried about Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei didn't know water, his sex was like fire, although he was thick and fine, and he also had a strategy, but Zhao Xu still had to ask again before he could rest assured.

"Don't worry! Boxiong, can't you believe me? Besides, there are Wen Ping and Gan Ning in the navy, and I have heard you and the second brother say that these two people are not ordinary people, what are you afraid of when they raid Jingzhou or something! Zhang Fei said with a smile.

"Well, this is also the case, but ......" Zhao Xu paused, and said to Chen Zhi: "Shuzhi, you and Dongwu are attacked on both sides, after capturing Jingzhou, you must pay close attention to Dongwu's every move, in addition, after capturing Jingzhou, no matter how Dongwu is, you must mainly defend the city, and you must not fight without authorization." ”

"Whoa! Boxiong rest assured, we will live up to the trust. Chen Zhi replied, and then said with a smile.

"The rest is Cao Cao's main army, hehe, 300,000, plus the accompanying civil and military, Cao Cao is really generous, it seems that this is going to be a decisive battle with our army! Success or failure is here. Zhao Xu thought about it, and after making sure that there was nothing missing, he said with a smile.

Then he turned back to Zhao Yun and said: "Zilong, I ordered you to be the vanguard of the front, lead the Haolong Xuanjia Army, plus 7,000 cavalry, and go to Xuzhou City to relieve the siege of Xuzhou first, and I will lead the army to arrive later." ”

"No!" Zhao Yun didn't say much, Dian Wei died on the battlefield, all of which were done by Cao Cao, Zhao Yun was naturally resentful, plus the decisive battle with Cao Cao, the blood in his heart surged, and he took out the momentum of the war against Bowangpo, and led the army to rush away.

"The rest of the generals, follow Ben Shuai and then go to the meeting for a while, don't show mercy, don't be polite to him, in order to repay the revenge of all the soldiers in Dian Wei and Hangu Pass!" Zhao Xu remembered the old thing and said coldly.

"Whoa!"